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Marzouk Al-Otaibi

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Marzouk Al-Otaibi
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-11-07) 7 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Saudi Arabia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Al-Shabab
2000–2007 Ittihad FC
2001 Riffa SC (loan)
2007–2008 Al Nassr FC
2008–2010 Al-Wehda
2010 Al Jabalain
2010–2011 Al-Watani
2011–2012 Al-Markhiya
2012–2013 Al Rabea
2013–2014 Al-Najmah
International career
1999–2004 Saudi Arabia 36 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marzouk Al-Otaibi (Arabic: مرزوق العتيبي; born 7 November 1975) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer, who last played as a centre-forward for Al-Markhiya in Qatar.

Club career

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Al-Otaibi started his career at Al-Shabab Club. In 1999, he joined Al-Ittihad for a then-record 9 million Saudi riyals in which he spent around 8 years with Al-Ittihad. While with Al-Ittihad, Al-Otaibi won several national and international titles. Al-Otaibi joined Al-Nassr in the summer of 2007.

Al-Otaibi joined Qatari 2nd Division club Al-Markhiya on 26 December 2011 on a six-month deal.[1]

International career

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Otaibi made several appearances for the senior Saudi Arabia national football team, including the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals and the 2002 and 2004 AFC Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.[2]

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

He shined in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico where he finished as joint top scorer along with Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco with 6 goals each. He scored a super hat-trick (4 goals) against 8-man Egypt and added another two against Brazil in the semi-finals.

International goals

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Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[3][4]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 July 1999 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Egypt 1–0 5–1 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
2. 2–0
3. 4–1
4. 5–1
5. 1 August 1999 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico  Brazil 1–2 2–8 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
6. 2–2
7. 20 October 2000 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon  Uzbekistan 1–0 5–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup
8. 3 February 2001 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Uganda 1–0 3–1 International friendly
9. 2–0
10. 8 February 2001 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Mongolia 6–0 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
11. 23 July 2001 Bola Sepak Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  North Korea 1–0 1–0 International friendly
12. 14 December 2004 Al-Rayyan Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Yemen 1–0 2–0 17th Arabian Gulf Cup

References

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  1. ^ "المرخية يتعاقد مع السعودى مرزوق العتيبى". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. ^ Marzouk Al-Otaibi – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ "Al-Otaibi, Marzouq". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ ( Marzouk AL OTAIBI ) Goals
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